Gleyber Torres and Jeffrey Baez continued to pound the baseball for South Bend while Rashad Crawford also heated up at the plate. Myrtle Beach ran their winning streak to six games. Chesny Young set a Carolina League record. Young has reached base safely in 38 straight games. Tennessee received a rare bad outing from Ryan Williams and dropped three games. It was Home Run Derby time at Principal Park as the Iowa Cubs completed a home sweep of the Memphis Redbirds for the first time since … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 05/22/15
It was not a good end to the week for the Cubs’ affiliates as the five teams in play could manage only two wins in nine games. Myrtle Beach had a memorable comeback thanks to the hitting of Chesny Young and the pitching of Jonathan Martinez. The only other win came in Venezuela, as the V-Cubs received a good debut from 17-year old Freddy Tineo. South Bend struggled with Lansing as Cael Brockmeyer provided the only highlight. Tennessee dropped two and had a scary incident with Bijan Rademacher … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 12/12/14
Position Analysis – Double-A Tennessee Pitching Staff The CCO’s off-season look at the Cubs’ minor league system continues today. After viewing the possible pitching staff for Triple-A last week, we now turn to the staff for Double-A Tennessee. Double-A Tennessee Starters and Relievers The first wave of Cubs pitching prospects reside in Tennessee this coming season, headed by the first pitcher selected by present Cubs management, Pierce Johnson. A supplemental first round pick in the 2012 … [Read more...]
Keeping an Eye on the Cubs Prospects
The 20th season of the Arizona Fall League (AFL) kicked off on Tuesday. The Cubs have seven players and coach Brian Harper on the Mesa Solar Sox roster. Javier Baez, Matt Szczur, Rubi Silva, Kevin Rhoderick, Tony Zych and Nick Struck have seen action in the first two days. Dae-Eun Rhee is the only Cubs' prospect yet to play. Javier Baez, the second youngest player in the AFL, kicked his season off with a tape measure blast in his first at bat on Tuesday night. Baez played shortstop and went … [Read more...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 10/06/11
The last of the CCO's five-part series on the Cubs minor league system focuses on the pitching in the lower levels of the organization ... the Boise Hawks and both the rookie league and Dominican summer league teams. Pitching Analysis … [Read more...]
Recap of the Cubs 2011 First-Year Player Draft
The 2011 MLB First-Year player draft took place last week and the Cubs selected players in all 50 rounds. The Cubs made Javier Baez their first round pick with the ninth overall selection in the draft. In all, Tim Wilken and his staff selected 29 college players and 21 high school players ... 29 pitchers (five left-handers and 21 right-handers), 10 infielders, 11 outfielders and three catchers. Here is look back at Cubs drafts of the past, the current state of the Cubs system, along with depth … [Read more...]